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{{short description|Usenet/newsgroup service provider}}
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{{Infobox Company |
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company_name = Giganews, Inc. |
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| name = Giganews, Inc.
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company_type = [[Private company|Private]]|
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foundation = 1998 in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]|
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| type = [[Private company|Private]]
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location = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]|
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| foundation = 1994 in [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]
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| location = [[Austin, Texas|Austin]], [[Texas]]
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industry = [[Telecommunication]]s|
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products = [[Usenet]]|
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| industry = [[Telecommunication]]s
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homepage = [http://www.giganews.com/ www.giganews.com]
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| products = [[Usenet]]
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'''Giganews, Inc''' is a [[Usenet]]/[[newsgroup]] service provider. Founded in 1998, Giganews service is available to individual users through a [[Subscription business model|subscription model]] and as an [[outsourced]] service to [[internet service providers]]. Giganews currently offers service to over 10 million [[Broadband Internet access|broadband]] users in 180 countries. Well-known ISPs that have outsourced Usenet access to Giganews include [[RCN Corporation]]<ref>[http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/rcn RCN Forum FAQ - dslreports.com]</ref>, [[BT Group|BT]], WOW! ([[Wide Open West]]), and [[Kingston Communications]].
'''Giganews, Inc''' is a [[Usenet]]/[[newsgroup]] service provider. Founded in 1994, Giganews service is available to individual users through a [[Subscription business model|subscription model]] and as an [[Outsourcing|outsourced]] service to [[internet service providers]]. Well-known ISPs that have outsourced Usenet access to Giganews include [[RCN Corporation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandreports.com/faq/rcn|title=RCN Forum FAQ - dslreports.com|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref> [[BT Group|BT]], WOW! ([[Wide Open West]]), and [[Kingston Communications]].


In 2008 Giganews acquired [[Supernews (Usenet provider)|Supernews]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20080306006209/en/Critical-Path-Continues-Focus-Consumer-Messaging-Sale|title=Critical Path Continues Focus on Consumer Messaging With Sale of Usenet Service|date=2008-03-06|website=www.businesswire.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref>
According to [http://www.top1000.org/ www.top1000.org]<ref>[http://top1000.org/#filtered top1000.org Filtered Statistics]</ref>, the combined weight of Giganews' servers makes Giganews the most peered Usenet server currently online.


In 2010, Giganews began offering users [[VPN]] and [[cloud storage]] access ("[[VyprVPN]]" and "Dump Truck", respectively) via its parent company, Golden Frog.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://vpncreative.net/vpn-providers/vyprvpn/|title=VyprVPN Review|accessdate=2015-01-13|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402031335/https://vpncreative.net/vpn-providers/vyprvpn/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/Golden-Frog-Partners-With-iw-2584911496.html|title=Golden Frog Partners With Giganews to Deliver Dump Truck Online Storage to Giganews Members|accessdate=2012-04-17}}</ref>
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Giganews traffic is [[peering|peered]] at [[Equinix]]<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/peering.html Usenet Newsgroups Peering - Giganews]</ref> in [[Ashburn, Virginia|Ashburn]] in [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]], [[Amsterdam Internet Exchange|AMS-IX]]<ref>[https://www.ams-ix.net/connected/show_member.html?id=ac540b50e01be825db9abfb5886b95f2 Details for Giganews, Inc.]</ref> and [[Netherlands Internet Exchange|NL-IX]]<ref>[http://www.nl-ix.net/members.php http://www.nl-ix.net/members.php (October 2004)]</ref> in The [[Netherlands]], [[DE-CIX]]<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-connects-to-de-cix.html Giganews Connects to DE-CIX, Opens Peering in Germany]</ref> in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]], and [[London Internet Exchange|LINX]]<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-joins-london-internet-exchange.html Giganews Brings Network to UK through LINX]</ref><ref>[https://www.linx.net/about/memberlist/letter/G LINX Members (G)]</ref> in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. In late 2008, Giganews' bandwidth capacity at AMS-IX increased from 40Gb/s to 80Gb/s<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-doubles-amsix-capacity.html Giganews Doubles Capacity at the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)]</ref>.


Giganews currently offers service to over 10 million [[Broadband Internet access|broadband]] users in 180 countries.
In the summer of 2005, Giganews provided open Usenet access to attendees of the [[What The Hack]] conference in The Netherlands<ref>[http://wiki.whatthehack.org/index.php/What_The_Bust! What The Bust!]</ref>.


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Giganews traffic is [[peering|peered]] at [[Equinix]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/peering.html|title=Usenet Newsgroups Peering - Giganews|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref> in [[Ashburn, Virginia|Ashburn]] in [[Loudoun County, Virginia|Loudoun County]], [[Virginia]], [[Amsterdam Internet Exchange|AMS-IX]]<ref>[https://www.ams-ix.net/connected/show_member.html?id=ac540b50e01be825db9abfb5886b95f2 Details for Giganews, Inc.]</ref> and [[Netherlands Internet Exchange|NL-IX]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Connected Networks |url=https://www.nl-ix.net |accessdate=15 May 2017 |publisher=}}</ref> in The [[Netherlands]], [[DE-CIX]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-connects-to-de-cix.html|title=Giganews Connects to DE-CIX, Opens Peering in Germany|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref> in [[Frankfurt]], [[Germany]], and [[London Internet Exchange|LINX]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-joins-london-internet-exchange.html|title=Giganews Brings Network to UK through LINX|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linx.net/about/memberlist/letter/G|title=LINX Members (G)|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014|archive-date=26 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826102244/https://www.linx.net/about/memberlist/letter/G|url-status=dead}}</ref> in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]. In late 2008, Giganews' bandwidth capacity at AMS-IX increased from 40&nbsp;Gbit/s to 80&nbsp;Gbit/s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/news/article/giganews-doubles-amsix-capacity.html|title=Giganews Doubles Capacity at the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref>
Starting in early 2006, the [[Mozilla Foundation]]’s newsgroup hierarchy was sponsored by Giganews<ref>
[http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3580236 Mozilla Severs Netscape News Legacy]</ref>.


Giganews offers more than three years of article retention in binary groups and eight years in text groups.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/why.html|title=Best Usenet Provider - Giganews|publisher=|accessdate=15 September 2014}}</ref> This results in more than nine [[petabyte]]s (9000 [[terabyte]]s) of storage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giganews.com/blog/2011/05/announcing-1000-days-retention-prize.html
In late 2006, Giganews implemented [[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] [[Encryption]] as an optional service feature for all customers<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/news/article/encrypted-usenet.html Encrypted Usenet Access Announced by Giganews]</ref>.
|title=Giganews.com has more than 9 petabyte of usenet storage |publisher=Giganews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-14}}</ref>


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==References==
Article retention in binary groups was increased to 240 days October 2008<ref>[http://www.giganews.com/news/article/240-days-retention-complete.html 240 Day Binary Retention Expansion is Complete!]</ref>.
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As of March 09 , Giganews upgraded the binary retention to 365 days!

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==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{official website|https://giganews.com/}}
*[http://www.top1000.org top1000.org] - The Official Usenet TOP1000 Servers Page
*[http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums.html http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums.html] - Details for accessing the Mozilla Development Forums


[[Category:Usenet]]
[[Category:Usenet servers]]
[[Category:Internet service providers of the United States]]
[[Category:Broadband]]

Latest revision as of 19:37, 21 September 2024

Giganews, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1994 in Austin, Texas
HeadquartersAustin, Texas
ProductsUsenet
Websitegiganews.com

Giganews, Inc is a Usenet/newsgroup service provider. Founded in 1994, Giganews service is available to individual users through a subscription model and as an outsourced service to internet service providers. Well-known ISPs that have outsourced Usenet access to Giganews include RCN Corporation,[1] BT, WOW! (Wide Open West), and Kingston Communications.

In 2008 Giganews acquired Supernews.[2]

In 2010, Giganews began offering users VPN and cloud storage access ("VyprVPN" and "Dump Truck", respectively) via its parent company, Golden Frog.[3][4]

Giganews currently offers service to over 10 million broadband users in 180 countries.

Giganews traffic is peered at Equinix[5] in Ashburn in Loudoun County, Virginia, AMS-IX[6] and NL-IX[7] in The Netherlands, DE-CIX[8] in Frankfurt, Germany, and LINX[9][10] in London, United Kingdom. In late 2008, Giganews' bandwidth capacity at AMS-IX increased from 40 Gbit/s to 80 Gbit/s.[11]

Giganews offers more than three years of article retention in binary groups and eight years in text groups.[12] This results in more than nine petabytes (9000 terabytes) of storage.[13]

References

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  1. ^ "RCN Forum FAQ - dslreports.com". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Critical Path Continues Focus on Consumer Messaging With Sale of Usenet Service". www.businesswire.com. 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2020-02-28.
  3. ^ "VyprVPN Review". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-01-13.
  4. ^ "Golden Frog Partners With Giganews to Deliver Dump Truck Online Storage to Giganews Members". Retrieved 2012-04-17.
  5. ^ "Usenet Newsgroups Peering - Giganews". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  6. ^ Details for Giganews, Inc.
  7. ^ "Connected Networks". Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Giganews Connects to DE-CIX, Opens Peering in Germany". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Giganews Brings Network to UK through LINX". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  10. ^ "LINX Members (G)". Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Giganews Doubles Capacity at the Amsterdam Internet Exchange (AMS-IX)". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Best Usenet Provider - Giganews". Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Giganews.com has more than 9 petabyte of usenet storage". Giganews.com. Retrieved 2012-02-14.
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